How to Help in Japan How to Help in Japan
Enormous resources are required to construct a safety net for the country's millions of citizens already mired in poverty.
Mar 14, 2011 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
After State Dept. Aide Condemns Abuse of Pvt. Manning, Administration ‘Shoots the Messenger’ After State Dept. Aide Condemns Abuse of Pvt. Manning, Administration ‘Shoots the Messenger’
Assistant Secretary of State P.J. Crowley decries Department of Defense's mistratement of WikiLeaks suspect Pvt. Bradley Manning. Obama sides with Defense Department and Crowley re...
Mar 14, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Mummies and Models in the New Middle East Mummies and Models in the New Middle East
What will be the fate of Egypt and the millions of Egyptians who took to the streets in a staggering show of aggressive nonviolence in January and February?
Mar 14, 2011 / Pepe Escobar
Pressure Builds for a No-Fly Zone in Libya Pressure Builds for a No-Fly Zone in Libya
Germany shoots down Libya no-fly zone, as neocons ask Obama to bomb Qaddafi's forces.
Mar 14, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Nuclear Hubris: Could Japan’s Disaster Happen Here? Nuclear Hubris: Could Japan’s Disaster Happen Here?
The US has twenty-three reactors of the same design as the Fukushima No. 1 reactor that is now in partial meltdown, and our federal regulators are captives of the nuclear industry.
Mar 14, 2011 / Christian Parenti
Draconian Sedition Laws Imprison Indian Human Rights Activist for Life Draconian Sedition Laws Imprison Indian Human Rights Activist for Life
Dr. Binayak Sen, a 61-year-old pediatrician, has been sentenced to life in prison, accused of aiding the Naxals, India‘s largest armed guerilla insurgency.
Mar 11, 2011 / Riddhi Shah and Jed Bickman
An Interview With Israeli Activist Jonathan Pollak An Interview With Israeli Activist Jonathan Pollak
The deteriorating ability to protest and the narrowing space for political activism against the Israeli occupation, Pollak says, have coincided with a growing space for racism and ...
Mar 10, 2011 / Rebecca Vilkomerson
Obama’s ‘War on Terror’ Obama’s ‘War on Terror’
Between indefinite detentions in Guantánamo and the treatment of Bradley Manning, President Obama has shown that the poisonous shards of Abu Ghraib are still with us.
Mar 10, 2011 / Editorial / The Editors
The Oil-Food Price Shock The Oil-Food Price Shock
The cost of food skyrockets as oil prices rise, triggering political unrest.
Mar 10, 2011 / Editorial / Michael T. Klare
The New Israeli Left The New Israeli Left
Activists march side by side with Palestinians against the wall and the occupation.
Mar 10, 2011 / Feature / Joseph Dana and Noam Sheizaf